Black Widow Trivia | 40 facts about the Marvel movie

Black Widow is a character that has played an important role in the Marvel comics and currently, Marvel decided to “dedicate” a movie about her.

Let’s find out more about Black Widow!

1. Before Black Widow became the heroine we know and love today, she was a much different character. In 1940, Claire Voyant became the first Black Widow, receiving her name due to the fact that she would touch her victims on the forehead, leave a black widow mark, and send their souls to hell.
2. It was revealed that the film is set after Captain America: Infinity War (2016)
3. Black Widow is portrayed by Scarlet Johansson.
4. This will be Scarlett Johansson’s eighth time playing Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow.
5. Black Widow’s wrist-mounted tasers are colored yellow. This homages Natasha Romanova’s classic Black Widow costume, which was an all-black suit with yellow bracelets.
6. Natasha Romanoff—the Black Widow—was born in the Soviet Union under the name Natalia Romanova.
7. Her name changed to the more westernized version when she moved to America.
8. On July 6, 2020, it was announced that Marvel Studios executives, including Kevin Feige, were so impressed with Florence Pugh’s performance as Yelena Belova that they plan to include her in future MCU films and she may even become the new Black Widow.
9. In fact, Feige stated that this film was written to showcase Belova just as much as Scarlett Johansen’s Natasha Romanoff.
10. Emma Watson, Saoirse Ronan, Alice Englert, Dar Zuzovsky and Florence Pugh were considered for the role of Yelena Belova with Watson being the front-runner.
11. Ultimately, Pugh was cast.
12. Coincidentally, Watson and Ronan were Pugh’s co-stars in Little Ladies (2019).
13. David Hayter wrote a script, and was set to direct in 2004, when the character’s film rights were still at Artisan Entertainment/Lions Gate.
14. In the comics, Daredevil and Black Widow were a couple.
15. Charlie Cox (Daredivel)  from Netflix’s Daredevil (2015) wants a crossover movie.
16. It’s the twenty-fourth film of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
17. Also, it’s the second movie Post-Infinity Saga (after Spider-Man Far From Home)
18. Both Scarlett Johansson and Marvel expressed interest in a potential solo film several times over the following years, before development progressed with the hiring of Jac Schaeffer and Cate Shortland in 2018, even though Shortland has no experience in directing big budget action films.
19. Black Widow—the Romanoff version—made her official comic book debut in Tales of Suspense #52, starring Iron Man, in 1964.
20. It’s fitting that she also made her film—and MCU—debut in an Iron Man property as well.
21. Black Widow’s release date has been postponed due to the outbreak of Coronavirus (COVID-19).
22. Since Black Widow was born in the Soviet Union and trained to be a Russian spy, it should came as no surprise that she was initially introduced as a villain. Black Widow was often a heel to Iron Man and, later, Spider Man.
23. Black Widow was born in 1928!
24. Romanoff has kept this birth date since her inception, something comic book characters generally don’t do as the years go on.
25. Black Widow has beBlack Widow has been able to remain ageless because she was injected with a super soldier serum similar to the one Captain America was injected with. This essentially halted the aging process and gave her super strength and agility
26. The Black Widow film was originally scheduled to release on May 1st, 2020.
27. However, due to the Coronavirus pandemic outbreak (Covid-19), the film was postponed until November 6th, 2020.
28. Back when Romanoff was training in the Black Widow program, she had a teacher with a similar past to hers: Bucky Barnes. When Barnes was also brain washed by the Soviet Union, the Winter Soldier helped train Romanoff.
29. They were also romantically involved for a period of time.
30. André Holland was considered for the villain role but O-T Fagbenle was ultimately cast.
31. Black Widow was forced to marry test pilot and Soviet Spy Alexei Shostakov, but eventually grew to love him over the years. However, when the KGB faked his death, Romanoff focused all of her attention on her work, which just so happened to be the Black Widow program.
32. Back in 2004, Marvel Studios sold the rights to Black Widow to Lionsgate, who planned on making a Black Widow film, and even had a script from X-Men writer David Hayter ready to go.
33. But after female-led action movies bombed at the box office that year, Lionsgate pulled the plug on the film.
34. Emily Blunt was originally cast as Black Widow and was ready to film Iron Man 2 when she had to back out because she was already working on Gulliver’s Travels and the filming schedules conflicted.
35. Romanoff may not have any real relation to the Black Widow spider itself, but she does have something in common with the widow aspect of her name: she is a widow herself.
36. Although her ex-husband Alexei’s death was originally faked, he did end up dying for real later on.
37. Melina is named after Melina Vostakoff, a Russian agent who later went freelance and was known as the Iron Maiden.
38. Black Widow truly is a jack-of-all-trades when it comes to her line of work. Not only is she trained in various forms of martial arts and weaponry, but she also has numerous weapons at her disposal—like grappling hooks—and is a master manipulator.
39. In the late 1990s, Belova appeared in the comics, revealing that she trained in the same program as Romanoff and was sent to kill her to become the new Black Widow. After a hard fought battle, Romanoff was able to descramble Belova’s brain and bring her back to the good side.
40. In 1975, Stan Lee gave the rights of Black Widow and Daredevil to none other than Angela Bowie, the then-wife of David Bowie, to develop a television series with the characters. The show didn’t o forward though.